New technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Machine Learning, Satellite Imagery and advanced analytics are helping small farmers in India to increase their income through higher crop yield and greater price control

Microsoft Co-founder and Co-Chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates called for running the agriculture sector like business, saying this will be a key element in the recipe for India's economic transformation.

The ideation started in January this year when the cofounding team of Anjal Salam, Julu Ahamed, and Sanjay Krishna R started developing a hydroponic system to grow a kitchen garden in an urban setting.

The agritech company, which provides farm-related intelligence, technology, expertise and gadgets to farmers, claims to have helped increase yields by nearly 50% for some 140 farmers it works with in the Nilgiri hills in Tamil Nadu.

Bengaluru-based company changed to a B2B marketplace model, providing transparency of pricing to farmers and building a supply chain for fresh produce to be sold to restaurants, supermarkets and grocery stores.

Agriculture startups like Agrostar and RML AgTech are investing approximately Rs 5 crore each in building groundbreaking image recognition tech that enables farmers to receive real-time data on the pest or disease